The commemoration Ceremony of the 45th anniversary of the glorious victory of the Iranian Islamic Revolution in Colombo

The ceremony commemorating the 45th anniversary of the glorious victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran was held on Friday 9th of Bahman 1402 at the residence of the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the presence of Sri Lankan political and military officials and heads of foreign missions in Sri Lanka.

In this ceremony, Mrs. Pavitra Ravanchichi, the Minister of Irrigation, Wildlife and Forest Conservation of Sri Lanka as a special guest, in her speech, considered the relations between Iran and Sri Lanka as ancient and developing. Referring to the completion of the Oma Oya project, he appreciated the efforts of Iranian companies in the construction and operation of this huge project.

In this ceremony, political and military officials, ambassadors, and representatives of the international organizations residing in Sri Lanka were widely present. H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa, former president of SL, H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former president of SL, Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Hon. Tharaka Balasuriya, State Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Suren Rāghavan, State Minister of the Ministry of Higher Education of SL, A. Aravind Kumar, state minister of the Ministry of Education, Hon. Rauf Hakeem, leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Party, Hon. Niroshin Perera, representative of the SJB Party and Mr. Bimal Rathnayake, representative of the JVP Party, Hon. Kabir Hashem, Hon. Mohamad Muzammil, Hon. Gamini Waleboda, Mp, General GDH Kamal Gunaratne, Secretary Minister of Defense, Major General Suresh Sallay, Director of State Intelligence Service, General Shavendra Silva is the Deputy National Security Advisor of Sri Lanka, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, RSP and Bar incumbent Commander of the Navy of the Sri Lanka Navy, Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa, Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Major General D.P Velagedara, Military Liaison Officer, Ministry of Defence, Major General W H K S Peiris, Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army, Rear Admiral R A P P Rathnayake Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, Air Vice Marshal R S Wickremeratne, Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Air force attended at ceremony.